Get thumbnail image of video from video url

Question

Is it possible to get the thumbnail image from a video Url? I need to thumbnails of videos in a list view.

Answer 1

It is possible to get thumbnail image of video from video url.

If your video type is Vimeo follow below steps:

1)Suppose your Video Url is: http://player.vimeo.com/video/17314292

2)Get Video Id From Url : eg. 17314292

3)Call WS with Video id and XMl format http://vimeo.com/api/v2/video/17314292.xml

You will get "thumbnail_small","thumbnail_medium","thumbnail_large" in xml format for video thumb from video id

If your video type is YouTube follow below steps:

1)Video Url : http://www.youtube.com/embed/Nl2iMF0yKW8

2)Get Video Id From Url : eg. Nl2iMF0yKW8

3)Replace video id in this url http://i3.ytimg.com/vi/Nl2iMF0yKW8/default.jpg

NOTE:Just replace your id here.